WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Attack on Titan: The Final Season – Part 2.A talented fan of Hajime Isayama’s Attack on Titan used special effects to transform himself into one of the series’ titular monsters and then… ate himself.
Posted on the ProductionCrate YouTube channel, the creator, who identifies himself as Mike, walks viewers through the process of how he created the Titan-version of himself. He covers the many steps, including creating a 3D model of his head, the necessary color map and the uncanny proportions of the body. The video ends with a sequence of Titan-Mike chasing Human-Mike and biting his head off. While there is no blood, the sound effects give the action a gruesome, evocative edge.
Attack of Titan is set in a post-apocalyptic world where humans hide from Titans — giant, man-eating monsters — in walled cities. The story focuses primarily on Eren Yeager, a young man who desires to destroy all Titans after one devours his mother. While early parts of the narrative appear to frame Eren as the hero, towards the end, he transitions to a full-blown, genocidal villain.
The Attack on Titan manga series was published in Kodansha’s Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine from 2009 to 2021, and it won several prominent awards, including Best Shōnen Manga at the Kodansha Manga Awards in 2011. The story was adapted into an anime with the first season premiering in 2013. Wit Studio produced the first three seasons and MAPPA is creating the fourth and final season.
Attack on Titan: The Final Season has been split into multiple parts. Part 1 premiered in December 2020, Part 2 debuted in January 2022 and it was recently revealed that Attack on Titan: The Final Season would return in 2023 for a third part. While this news undoubtedly excited the anime’s passionate fans, it wasn’t wholly unexpected. Prior to the release of Part 2‘s finale, many questioned the anime’s ability to satisfyingly wrap the story in a single episode.
There have been other developments in the Attack on Titan franchise apart from impressive works of fan-made content and the confirmation of Attack on Titan: The Final Season – Part 3. Most notably, the popular virtual rollercoaster based on the series, Attack on Titan XR Ride, which first ran in 2020, is returning for this year’s Universal Cool Japan. The manga series was also one of the featured titles in the launch of MangaPlaza, one of the largest digital libraries in the US.
Attack on Titan is available to stream on Netflix, Hulu, Funimation and Crunchyroll.
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